Yogi Gypsy Storyteller

He left his ad-copywriting job in Bangalore to undergo Yoga Teacher Training with Bharat Thakur in 2003. When his training was complete; he worked as a Yoga Teacher in New Delhi from 2003-07. Here he taught Yoga to some of India’s most famous entertainers, business leaders and politicians including Anoushka Shankar , Vinod Khanna and Sunil Bharti Mittal. Having conducted several Corporate Yoga programs, he also taught Yoga at the prestigious YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) Tour in India. The next 3 years (2007-10) he worked as a Yoga teacher in Dubai. During this time, he also served as the CEO of Artistic Yoga. Also, he was the Director of Instruction for Yoga-for-Sports, and conducted several Yoga-for-Golf workshops at the leading golf courses in the UAE.

He regularly writes articles on Yoga in various international newspapers, magazines and the Total Yoga Blog, and has appeared on various TV shows speaking on Yoga.

In 2010, Manish Pole co-founded ‘Total Yoga’ in Pune, India. Within a year Total Yoga established 5 centers in Pune;apart from being involved in various projects such as teaching yoga to the children of The Poona Blind School, as well as conducting numerous Yoga retreats.

In 2011, Total Yoga was launched in Singapore with 3 studios. There are group yoga classes, personal training, yoga corporate training workshops, yoga-for-golf workshops and yoga retreats; and also the occasional social-service work!

In 2012, Total Yoga launched in Bangalore with 4 studios at Indiranagar, Koramanagala, Whitefield and UB City. Also, Corporates such as Dell and Embrace have been regular clients; while Total Yoga has conducted workshops for companies such as Dell, Accenture and BT; as well as fun events for Nike Run Club, Yogi Treks, Yogi Brunch and other community-engaging events are at the core of the Yoga-inspired Living philosophy!

In 2013, Total Yoga launched in Delhi with 3 studios.

Total Yoga is a growing network of brilliant yoga teachers. Like its tagline suggests Total Yoga is ‘Transformation Tech for Body, Mind Soul.’